have your back to the wall

Meaning

1. to be in a difficult situation in which you are forced to do sth but are unable to make the choices that you would like

From the same entry

• at the back of your mind
• the back of beyond
• back to back
• back to front
• be glad, to see the back of
• behind back
• be on back
• break the back of
• get back up
• get off back
• have back
• off the back of a lorry